Does Zeljko Grgelec and/or Novastela own copyright for live Internet streaming?

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Does Zeljko Grgelec and/or Novastela own copyright for live Internet streaming?

We inform all media, company website owners and other private websites owners that free live streaming videos and live webcast television is internationally copyrighted under number OW 68396. This copyright is under a property of Novastela televizijska dejavnost d.o.o.
Any unauthorized use of copyright works without permission of the copyright holder after the publication of this notice is in violation of the Copyright Law and punishable accordingly, 15 days from the date of publication. Through our lawyers we will begin to submit complaints to the competent court for unlawful use and seek compensation in the amount of 150,000 € which is defined in the description of the Copyright Law.

We therefore ask all owners of free internet live televisions and free live TV streaming services, all television broadcasting either state or private, church authorities and political parties which have set such TV channels and all media to immediately stop publishing on the Internet and on their websites. And write to our e-mail: novastellaTV@hotmail.com to ask us for permission, with adequate compensation.

We inform all media, company website owners and other private websites owners that free live streaming videos and live webcast television is internationally copyrighted under number OW 68396. This copyright is under a property of Novastela televizijska dejavnost d.o.o.

NovaStela televizijska dejavnost d.o.o.Free live streaming of television programs on the Internet; - The application called "STELLA" tracking free LIVE Twi radio programs on mobile phones; - Broadcasting of the free tv programs in multiple languages, via free live streaming; - Broadcasting of the free radio programs in multiple languages via live streaming; - Modem-named "Stella" by which a digital image from the web is transformed into the digital image that can be monitored on a digital TV or big screen

WOW! How can someone have a "copyright" on a process?
- especially when the description is vague and incoherent.
Does anyone have a patent for Internet based TV streaming? No.
NovaStela televizijska dejavnost d.o.o. is a trademark.

If NovaStella does not hold "copyright" on free internet TV then what are they trying to accomplish with their communications to Laudato.tv?

Someone from NovaStella TV sent this letter (pdf) to Laudato.TV a new Catholic family oriented TV station in Croatia. When you read the letter I hope you notice that there is no letterhead to identify who the letter is from nor is there any signature. Can this be a legal document?

From Croatian media and viewing your website http://www.laudato.tv we noticed that you are absolutely in violation of our copyrights (author's rights), in your publicly announced plans you have copied parts of our author's work and ideas and to transmit or that you intend to begin broadcasting television programs via the Internet, which will be free to view on your website. Also we saw on your website that the Church also elsewhere in the world systematically violates our rights, but about the violation will also soon receive a warning same as you.

At the end of the letter they appear to be asking Laudato.tv to negotiate some sort of a fee to be able to continue the free broadcasting of Laudato.tv over the Internet.

This is a big WTF !?

To back up their "claim", they apparently sent to Laudato.tv a DMCA "takedown request" for which they have not paid - note the status of "Awaiting Payment" of $199. (view larger)

Is this an attack trying to use the court system to :
A. prevent the broadcast of family oriented TV programming to the Croatian community around the world?
B. or is it just an attempted scam using the court system and the threat of a lawsuit to create fear and hopefully a settlement?

I know that there are all sorts of "nuisance claims" (scams) being run in the USA by people that send letters to companies that threaten lawsuits if the company does not pay up. Unsophisticated people and small businesses pay up in order to avoid wasting time in court.

BTW - the website http://nova-stellatv.de/marketing.html looks like something a 13 year old would have put together in 1998 after graduating from the "MySpace School of Design". How can someone with any sense of pride promote such a poorly designed web service and claim that it is a legitimate business.